Lug-strap support



n; T. rowEs. LUG STRAP SUPPORT. APPLICATIQN FILED DEC. 3|, |921.

1,418,396. PatenteaJune 6, 1922..

505597 rfa/news Unirse sTArss ROBERT T. row-ans, oir NoRTrr oxnonn, MASSACHUSETTS; I

LUG-'sTimP-SUPPORT;

Specification of Letters Patent. j Patented 41111196, 192,2',

Apprrcation mednecembei# 3119251; .seriainogazeia 'y Be it known thaty I, ROBERT T. POWERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Oxford, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented' certain new and useful Improvements in a Lug-Strap Support, of which the following f is a specification.

The present invention relates to lug strap supports or an attachment to a picker stick of a loom used in textile weaving machinery.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature which is extremely simple and efficient in construction,

well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed, reliable in operation, and capable of beingmanufactured at a comparatively low cost. f

Another object of the invention is to provide means forattaching the lug strap to the picker stick without' the necessity of Vdriving nails or screwsl therein which tend to split the stick and greatly interfere with its strength and efficient operation` Another object of the. invention is to'pr0-v vide a lug strap support of this nature which is capable of being readily adjustable so as to accommodate various needs in this art, said adjustment being capable of being made with considerable ease and speed.

With the above land numerous other ob? Figure2 is a vertical central section taken therethrough,

Figure 3 is a transverse sectiontaken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, 1

Figure 4 is an end elevation ofthe parts shown in Figure. 1, and

Figure 5 is a detailed perspective of the f screw plate.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that 1 designates a picker stick which may be of any conventional construction as is now commonly used with looms in the textile trade. Asupporting bar 2 is positioned adjacent one ed e of the picker stick 1 and is formed wit angularly eX-.

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tendinglips 3 and@ at its end.v .Ueshaped t .collar 5 yis ydisposed about the picker. stick 1 and. hasy its .terminals situated; adjacentther lower Vend i' of the supporting bar 2. The legs'of this collar 5 are provided with the ledges 6 upon which is adapted to rest the4 lug strap 7 whichis connected to the sweep st lck 8 by t-he bolt 9. Registering slots 1() areprovided at the terminals of the leg'sof the collar 5 for receiving a screw receiving' platell'which is notched at 12 adjacent its,

terminal for engagement with the `edges 'of the slots 10 as is-'seen to advantage injFigure 8. A central internally threadedborel 13 extends transversely through the plate 11 to abut the support `bar 2 as is seen in Figurel` 7o so as to receive a screw 111 which is `adapted y i 3 Vso las-to hold it in frictional and firm eni gagement withv the pickerstick 1.

By the construct'on just lescribedl'it be readily understood` that all thel dangerjy of splitting the Lpicker stick vby placing screws or nails therein is eliminated and further, that the various parts of the attach-` ment may be easily adjusted so as to beanoved.

in relationto the picker stick up ordown rforlthe power that may be vdesired and fur,-`

vther that the collar will greatly prolongthe life of the picker stick since the same acts'f.

as a binder thereabout and also fornisa firm support for. the lug strap, preventing it from `riding downv upon the picker stick 1V while the lip 3 prevents it from riding upthereon'. The lip 4' of the supporting bar 2 prevents the collar 5 from' moving"l downwardly in seen to advantage in Figure 2. .j `The modification which I have just described and .shown in theaccompanying drawings represents the preferred example relation to the picker stick since it would l .engagethe screw receiving plate '11, asis' yof my invention but it is, of course, to be understood that numerous changes in form, and-in the proportion, combinationv andarrangement of parts may be resorted to withtion as hereinafter claimed.

. I-Iaving thus described my invention what I claim as new is:- 1. In combination, `a picker stick, a lug vstrap therefor, a supporting barincluding .an angularly'extending lip at` each end, a` U-shaped collar on said stick .and receiving saidl supporting bar adjacent its lower terminal-between its ends, the ends of said' vout departing from the spirit of the invenbar in frictional engagement with the picker stick. l 2. In combination, a picker stick, a lug strap therefor, a supporting bar including' singularly extending lips at its terminals, a U-shaped collar situated on the picker stiel: so as to receive the lower end of sald'bar between its terminals, said terminals vbeing provided with registering slots, a bar pro`- vided with a pair of notches projecting through said-slots so-as `to engage their edges in its notches, and a screw threaded through said plate for forcing the bar in frictional engagement with'the picker stick.

In testimony whereoi.z I atiX inysignature in presence of two witnesses.'

ROBERT T. POWERS.

Witnesses i ANNIE F. CoRooRAN, VVILLI'AM J. ANDERSON. 

